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Beach Point .... 

IJuRiAL Hill 

Church ok tiik Fiksl I'arish 

ClARK'.S LSLANIJ 

Cole's Hill 

Court House 

Courtship 

Gov. Brahkorh's House in 1621 

CJURNET .... 

Hariior .... 

Industries 

L.ANDINC, OK Till': I'lLCRIMS 

Lev I) EN vStreet 

Manomet Ulukks 

MvLES Standisii Mi^NUMKNI 

Morton 1'ark 

National Monu.mext . . . l^'nuUispi 

North Street 

Old Fort and First MEETiNci-Hoi'sE, loji 
Old Houses ...... 

I'll.ci^lM An 111 n I ri|.;s 
I'lI.OKIM FXILES . 

I'li.oRiM Hall 

I'lA'MdUrii AS A Si \imi:k Ki-: 

I'l.NMor I II Hicii SriiODL 

I'lAMDimi IN I()J7 
i'LVMOUIll Rock 

Prison 

Standisii House 

The Town .... 

T(j\v.\ Brook . . . 

Town .S<jiare 

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Wakh Tow i:k 

Watson's Hill 



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NATIONAL MONUMENT TO THE FOREFATHERS. 



Historic Plymouth* 

" The Pilgrim Fathers — where are they ? 
The waves that brought them o'er 
Still roll in the bay, and throw their spray, 
As they break along the shore." 

HE introduction of visitors to Plymouth, 
as they come by rail, is at Seaside, a 
station in the extreme north part of tlie 
town. The dividing line between King- 
ston and Plymouth runs through the 
middle of the little station, and the northerly part, 
which is the residence of the station keeper, is in 
Kingston, and the southerly part, the station proper, 
is in Plvmouth. 





CAPTAIN'S HILL, DUXBURY. 
STANDiSH HOUSE, BUILT BY SON OF MYLES STANDISH, 1666. 



As the cars move past the thicket of trees and 
shrubs to stop, the occupants come in full view of the 
beautiful panorama of Plymouth Harbor, spread out 
before their eyes. At the near left, across the bay, 
is seen Captain's Hill, so called from its being the 
home of Capt. Myles Standish. and on its crest is a 
monument in honor of the Pilgrim warrior, sur- 
mounted by a statue of fourteen feet in height. 
Farther along is seen Rouse's Hummock, the Ameri- 
can terminus of the French Atlantic cable. The next 







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THE MAYFLOWER IN PLYMOUTH HARBOR. 

prominent object is Clark's Island, where the Pilgrims 
spent their first Sabbath in Plymouth. Next to this 
is the headland of Saquish, and beyond is the (lurnet 
with its twin lighthouses. Opposite these, the bold 
bluff of jNIanomet thrusts itself out into the bay. 
while nearer inland the long, thin ribbon of Plvmoulh 
Peach runs across the harbor, like an artificial break- 
water, to arrest the waves of the ocean. 

Few scenes lan surpass this in loveliness, if the 
visitor is fortunate enough to arrive wlien the tide is 
in. Althcjugh by the conhguration of tiie land Plvm- 

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outh Harbor seems to have been designed for a 
perfect haven against every wind that blows, unfortu- 
nately it is dependent upon a full sea for depth 
enough of water to float vessels of much draught at 
the wharves. In 1876 the United States Government 
dug a channel from the wharves to Broad Channel, 
where there is always a good depth of water, so that 
now vessels drawing six feet can come to the wharves 
at low tide, and at high tide those drawing twelve or 
fourteen feet. Further improvements have since been 
made by the Government in this channel, and at the 
wharves. 

Immediately upon leaving the station of the New 
York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, on arrival in 
Plymouth, and while traversing Old Colony Park, on 
the way to the main street of the town, the Samoset 
House is in full view in the front. Looking towards 
the Samoset House, on the way through the park, the 
first street on its right is Cushman Street ; and the 
walk continued up Cushman Street will shortly bring 
the visitor to 

The National Monument to 
the Forefathers* 

HE cornerstone of the National Monu- 
ment was laid Aug. 2, 1859, and the 
work entrusted to Hammatt Billings, 
who drew the design for the Monument 
in all its details. The main pedestal 
was put in position in 1S76, and in the following 

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summer the statue of Faith was erected. The Monu- 
ment was completed in October, 1888, and dedicated 
with appropriate ceremonies Aug. i, 1889. It is built 
entirely of granite, the statues all coming from the 




(|uanics of tlic Hallowell (iranile ('onipany, n\ 
Maine. 

'I'lif idea (if l)uil(ling a monument to the memory 
of the Pilgrim I'athers was earh' entertained in the 
town, and was formed into a dehnitc object by the 
organization of the I'ilgrim Society ; which object was 
kept steadil}' in ^•ie\v b\- them, ami prosecaited to a 
successful conclusion. 



The plan of the prhicipal pedestal is octagonal, 
with four small and four large faces ; from the small 




faces project four buttresses or wing pedestals. On 
the main pedestal stands a figure of Faith. One foot 
rests upon Forefather's Rock ; in her left hand she 
holds a Bible : with the right uplifted she points to 
heaven. Looking downward, as to those she is 
addressing, she seems to call them to trust in a 
higher power. On each of the four smaller or wing 
pedestal is a seated figure ; they are emblematic of 

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the principles upon which the Pilgrims proposed to 
found their commonwealth. The first is Morality, 
holding the Decalogue in her left, and the scroll of 
Revelation in her right hand : her look is upward 
toward the impersonation of the Spirit of Religion 
above : in a niche, on one side of her throne, is a 
prophet, and in the other one of the Evangelists. 
The second of these figures is Law : on one side 
Justice ; on the other Mercy. The third is Educa- 
tion : on one side Wisdom, ripe with years ; on the 
other Youth, led by Experience. The fourth figure 
is Freedom : on one side Peace rests under its pro- 
tection : on the other Tyranny is overthrown by its 
powers. Upon the faces of these projecting pedes- 
tals are alto-reliefs, representing scenes from the 
history of the Pilgrims, — the Departure from Delft 
Haven: the Signing of the Social Compact; the 
Landing at Plymouth : and the first Treaty with the 
Indians. On each of the four faces of the main 
pedestal is a large panel for records. That in 
front contains the general inscription of the monu- 
ment, viz., '• National Monument to the Forefathers. 
Erected by a grateful people in remembrance of their 
labors, sacrifices and sufferings for the cause of civil 
and religious liberty.'' The right and left panels 
contain the names of those who came over in the 
" ^Mayflower.'' The rear panel is plain, to have an 
inscription at some future day. 

The total height of the Monument is eighty-one 

feet, from the ground to the top of the head of the 

statue. The following are some of the dimensions 

of this great piece of work, said, on good authority, 

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to be the largest and finest piece of granite statuary 
in the world: the height of the base is forty-five feet; 
height of statue, thirty-six feet. The outstretched 
arm measures, from shoulder to the elbow, ten feet 
one and one-half inches ; from elbow to tip of finger, 
nine feet nine inches; total length of arm, nineteen 
feet ten and one-half inches. The head measures 
around at the forehead thirteen feet seven inches. 
The points of the stars in the wreath around the 
head are just one foot across. The arm. just below 
the short sleeve, measures six feet ten inches around ; 
below the elbow, six feet two inches. The wrist is 
four feet around. The length of the finger pointing 
upwards is two feet one inch, and is one foot eight 
and one-half inches around. The thumb measures 
one foot eight and one-half inches around. The cir- 
cumference of the neck is nine feet two inches, and 
the nose is one foot four inches long. From centre 
to centre of the eyes is one foot six inches. The 
figure is two hundred and sixteen times life-size. 



Pilgrim Hall 



ETURNINC to Court Street (the main 
street) from the Monument grounds, 
and passing the head of Old Colony 
Park, we soon see on our k-ft a build- 
ing with a Doric ])ortico, standing a 
little way from the street. 'I'his is Pilgrim Hall, 

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erected in 1824 by the Pilgrim Society as a monu- 
mental hall to the memory of the Pilgrims. In 18S0 
it was rebuilt in a fireproof manner, at a cost of over 
$15,000, by Joseph Henry Stickney, Esq., a wealthy 
Baltimore merchant of Boston nativity, who on a 
casual visit to Plymouth became so impressed with 
the importance of preserving with the greatest care 
the interesting relics of the Pilgrims there deposited, 
that he most liberally made this large expenditure to 
secure these precious memorials from loss by fire. 




PILGRIM HALL. 

At the same time he provided for better classification 
and exhibition of the articles, those immediately con- 
nected with the Pilgrims being disposed, mostly in 
glass cases, in the main hall, while an interesting 
museum of antique curiosities is arranged in the 
room below. Exteriorly, marked improvement was 
made by raising the Doric porch to the height of the 
main building, ornamenting the pediment with a hnely 

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executed allegorical " Landing," in demi-relief, and 
repainting and sanding the Wiiole front in imitation 
of stone, (^uite a change was made in the front area 
by the removal of tiie portion of Plymouth Rock, 
which for forty-six years had been a prominent object 
here, back to the I.anding-place. The iron fence 
formerly surrounding the Rock now stands at the 
northerly side of the building, enclosing an appropri- 
ate slab bearing as an inscription the wording of the 
memorable " Compact " made in the cabin of the 
" Mayflower," and the names of the forty-one signers 
of this compact appear on the heraldic curtains of 
this fence. The hall is kept open daily, with the 
exception of Sundays, at regular hours, for the accom- 
modation of visitors, a fee of twenty-five cents being 
charged. In the vestibule of the building a hand- 
some tablet of Tennessee marble bears the following 
inscription : — 

I'lLGRIM HALL. 
B U I L T A. 1). I S 2 4, 

n\ THE 

PILGRIM SOCIETY. 
IN AIEMOkV OF^ THE FORICFATHERS. 

REBUILT A. I). iSSo, 
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jo.s. ih:\ry stickxi;v, 

( )i' ISai.ti.mokk, Ml). 

At the right is the curator's neatly furnished ante- 
room, where visitors record their names and tind 
entrance to the main hall. In this ante-room is a 
picture of the "Landing," executed in distemper, pre- 
sented by Robert G. Shaw, of Boston. Here also is 

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a clock once owned by Gov. Hancock, and is still 
keeping correct time, although over one hundred and 
ninety years old. 

On the wall hangs a commission from Oliver 
Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, to Gov. 
Edward Winslow, as one of the arbitrators between 
Great Britain and the United Provinces of Holland. 
It is written on parchment, and is particularly valu- 
able from having a contemporaneous portrait of 
Cromwell, which is in the upper left-hand corner. 
The original signature was torn off by some unscru- 
pulous visitor, but has been supplied by a finely 
executed fac-sii)iilc. 

The main hall is forty-six by thirty-nine feet, with 
walls twenty-two feet high, and is lighted entirely 
from the roof. A good background is made for the 
pictures by plain maroon coloring of the walls, with 
a handsome Grecian border above, while neat fresco- 
ing covers the ceiling. At the east end is the large 
picture of the " Landing," thirteen by sixteen feet, 
painted by Henry Sargent, of Boston, an amateur 
artist, and presented by him to the Society in 1834. 
Its estimated value was $3,000, and the massive 
frame cost about $400. At the left is a portrait 
of the venerable Dr. James Thacher, the first secre- 
tary of the Pilgrim Society. He was the author of 
Thacher's Military Journal and a History of Plym- 
outh, which has been considered one of the best 
ever published. The picture upon the right is a 
fine painting, and a most excellent likeness of the 
gentleman who so disinterestedly and generously 
remodelled and beautified Pilgrim Hall, — Joseph 

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Henry Stickney, Esq., of Baltimore. The portrait 
was painted by I). G. Pope, a Baltimore artist, and 
in subject and execution is worthy of its place in 
this Pilgrim temple. 

In the middle of the south wall is hung the large 
copy of Wier's Embarkation from Delft Haven, from 
the original in the rotunda of the Capitol at Wash- 
ington, done for the Society by Edgar Parker ; and 
on either side are portraits of. Rev. John Alden, 
great-grandson of John Alden of the " Mayflower ; " 
Dr. James Kendall, for fifty-two years minister of 
the First Church; Hon. John Davis and Col. John 
Trumbull. 

In the centre of the north side hangs the noble 
gift of e.\-Gov. Alexander H. Rice, of Massachusetts, 
— Charles Lucy's large painting of the Embarkation. 
This picture is of great value, and at a prize exhibi- 
tion in England took the first premium of a thousand 
guineas. It is altogether different in color and tone 
from either of the others, and will bear close study. 
Original portraits of the Winslow family — Gov. 
Edward Winslow. Gen. John Winslow, Gov. Josiah 
Winslow and his wife Penelope — are hung on either 
side of the Embarkation. Josiah Winslow was the 
first native-born governor of the colony. His grand- 
son. Gen. John Winslow, was a major-general of the 
British Army, and held several important commands. 
He was the otificer who, under orders from England, 
removed from their homes the French Acadians, 
whose sorrows Longfellow has made classic. The 
portrait of Gov. Edward \\'inslow is the only one in 
existence, so far as known, of any person who came 
in the " Mayliower." 

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Upon the westerly wall is a number of portraits, 
including those of Hon. Joshua Thomas, the first 
president of the Society, and of Deacon Ephraim 
Spooner. The latter was a prominent citizen of the 
town, chairman of the selectmen through the Revo- 
lutionary War, in which capacity he rendered the 
country efficient service, and for fifty-one years was 
town clerk. There are large portraits of Gen. Joseph 
Trumbull, first speaker of the House of Representa- 
tives at Washington, and of Hon. Daniel Webster, 
the famous Massachusetts statesman, whose home 
was in Marshfield, near Plymouth. Besides these are 
a fine portrait of Washington, and a copy from an 
original portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh, painted in 
1775 by E. Alcock, London, and formerly the prop- 
erty of President Jefferson. Portraits of the Winslow 
family, including John and Isaac, and that of Eliza- 
beth Wensley, are also on this wall. The most prom- 
inent among the pictures which occupy this end, 
however, are the original crayon sketch, made in 18 17 
by Edwin White, for his large picture of " The Sign- 
ing of the Compact," in the Trumbull Gallery at New 
Haven, Conn., and W. F. Halsall's valuable and finely 
executed painting of the "Mayflower" at anchor 
in the harbor of Plymouth in the winter of 1620. 
These two pictures are well worthy the attention they 
receive. With these also are engravings of scenes 
in Pilgrim history, some of much merit. 

Across the head of the hall, under the Sargent 
picture, is a raised platform and railing, and here are 
shown the large articles connected with Pilgrim his- 
tory, as the model of the " Mayflower," the chairs 



of Elder Brewster and Gov. Carver, the Peregrine 
White cradle, etc. A case at the opposite end of 
the hall containsa collection of articles belonging to 
the First Church, among which is the book given Gov. 
Bradford by Pastor John Rol^inson, brought over in 







ELDER BREWSTER'S CHAIR. 



CRADLE OF PEREGRINE WHITE. 



the '• Mayliower " by Bradford, and afterwards given 
by liim to the church ; a book printed In' Elder 
Brewster : the notebook of Elder Faunce : a number 
of interesting autographs ; and a collection of vessels 
used in the Sacrament, presented to the church many 
vears ago, but now superseded bv those of more 
modern stvle. 

The .\ldcn case stands on the south side of the 
hall, near tlu' Sargrnt jiicturc. and contains |ohn 
Aldcn's llihlc, piintcd in i(>2o: a iKilbcrd he once 
owned and jirobabb' broir^ht with liiiu in llie " Mav- 

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flower ; " also ancient documents with his signature. 
Next to this is the Standish case, in which is the 
famous Damascus sword of the redoubtable Pilgrim 
captain. Gen. Grant, on his visit to Plymouth, Oct. 
14, 1880, was much interested in this ancient weapon, 
and handled it with evident satisfaction. The Arabic 
inscriptions on the blade have always been a puzzle, 
and, notwithstanding many attempts, remained unde- 
cipherable until the visit to the town, June 7, 1881, 



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SWORD, POT AN 



of Prof. James Rosedale, of Jerusalem, with a troupe 
of Arabs from Palestine. Mr. Rosedale, being an 
excellent linguist, was shown the sword, and pro- 
nounced the inscriptions to be of different dates ; 
one of them in Cufic, very old, and the other in 
medi;Tival Arabic of a later period, but still very 
ancient. To the last he readily gave the following 
translation : — 

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" /TV/// peace God ruled His shu'es {creatures')^ ami 
7C'if/i the jud^^uiciit of His ar/u He troubled the uiii^htv 
of the ivicked." 

He had no doubt that the weapon dated back two 
or three centuries before the Christian era, and might 
be much older. It is probable that this famous blade 
came down to Capt. Standish from the Crusaders, 
and possessed an interesting history even in his day. 
In this case are an iron pot and other articles found 
a number of years since in the cellar of the Standish 
house at Duxbury. There is also a piece of embroi- 
dery, worked by the daughter of Capt. Standish, 
at the bottom of which is wrought the following 
verse : — 

Loiea Standish is my name, 

Lord, guide my lieart that T may do Thy will ; 
Also fill my hands with such con\enient skill 
As will conduce to virtue void of shame, 
And I will give the glory to Thy name. 

Below the Standish case is one containing a mis- 
cellaneous collection, among which is one of the most 
interesting relics in the hall ; this is the first patent 
granted to the Plymouth colonists by the New Eng- 
land Company, and is the oldest state paper in exist- 
ence in the United States. A patent was granted by 
the Virginia Companv in the name of John Wincob, 
but never used. About the time of the departm-e of 
the Forefathers from England for this country, a new 
companv was created by a royal charter, witiiin the 
limits of which Plymouth was included, and in 1621 
this patent was given to John Pierce and his associ- 
ates by tile New England Company, and sent over in 

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the " Fortune," arriving here in November of that 
year. This patent was found in the land office in 
Boston, among a mass of old papers, by William 
Smith, Esq., one of the land committee. The Hon. 
John Davis, then editing a new edition of Morton's 
New England Memorials, obtained it for his use in 
this book, and from him it came into the possession 
of the late Morton Davis, Esq., in whose family it 
remained until recently, and was finally deposited in 
the hall by Mrs. Wm. H. Whitman. It bears the 
seals and signatures of the Duke of Lenox, the Mar- 
quis of Hamilton, the Earl of Warwick and Sir Fer- 
dinando Gorges. There is one other signature, but 
it is so obscurely written as to be illegible. 

On the north side, nearest the ante-room, is the 
Winslovv case with articles that have been in posses- 
sion of this family, and near by is the Winslow table, 
of massive English oak, and a chair, both articles hav- 
ing formerly been the property of Gov. Edward Wins- 
low. Next above this is the W'hite case, containing 
interesting relics formerly belonging to William White 
and his son Peregrine. Next is another miscellane- 
ous case, in which is the famous long-shot Thompson 
gun, and the gun barrel with which King Philip was 
killed. The original manuscript of Mrs. Heman's 
celebrated ode, "The breaking waves dashed high," 
as also the original of William Cullen Bryant's poem, 
" Wild was the day, the wintry sea," both presented 
by the late James T. Fields, of Boston, are also in 
this case, together with a copy of Eliot's Indian 
Bible, of which there are now no more than four, it 
is believed, extant. There is here likewise a piece 

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of a mulberry-tree planted at Scrooby, England, by 
Cardinal Woolsey. 

The north ante-room is fitted up as a lil:)rary, and 
contains cases of ancient, rare and invaluable books, 
and ancient documents belonging to the Society. 
An old sofa formerly owned by Gov. Hancock, upon 
which he probably sat and plotted treason with 
Samuel Adams against the English crown, is in tliis 
room. On the walls of this room are copies of the 
Winslow portraits, the originals of which are now in 
the main hall, having become the property of the 
Society, by request of the late Isaac Winslow, of 
Hingham, in 1S83. Here also may be seen the orig- 
inal signatures of those present at the Pilgrim Society 
dinner Dec. 22, 1S20, at which time Mr. Webster 
delivered his famous oration. The roll contains the 
names of many distinguished men of those times. 
In this room is the coat-of-arms of the iSritish crown, 
which in " Good old colony times, when we were 
under the king," hung over the judge's seat in the 
colonial court house, now our old Town House. 
When the Revolution broke out and the loyalists had 
to Hee, this was carried away by the Tory judge, or 
clerk of the courts, to Shelburne, N.S., from whence 
it was returned, some years ago, to its old home. 

l''rom the first ante-room a flight of stairs conducts 
to the basement, where all desired conveniences for 
visitors will be found. In the lower hall is an inter- 
esting museum of articles, which have been separated 
from the Pilgrim collection, and as pertaining to 
ancient days in many instances, or as curiosities, will 
well repay examination. 

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The Court House* 

"Though justice be thy plea, consider this.— 
That in the course of justice none of us should see salvation." 

\T our right hand, soon after leaving 
Pilgrim Hall, we see a large building 
with a handsome fac^ade, standing a 
little back from the street, and fronted 
by a small park. This is the County 
Court House, erected in 1820, and remodelled in 
1857. It is one of the finest buildings of the kind 
in the State, and the judges of the different courts 





give it precedence in point of beauty, convenience, 
etc., over all they visit. It has two entrances. The 
northerly one leads to a corridor, from which is a 
stairway to the large court room above; admittance 
to witness, grand jury and waiting rooms. The 



southerly entrance is to a corridor paved with Ver- 
mont marble, and from which leads a flight of stairs 
for the court, members of the bar, officers and jur\-- 
nien. to the court room; also giving access to the 
Probate Court room and office of Register of Pro- 
bate. On the left, below, is the room of the Clerk 
of Courts, with the room of the County Treasurer 
opposite; beyond, on the right, is a waiting-room, 
with that of the County Commissioners on the left. 
At the farther end of the corridor is the Registry 
of Deeds office. In the latter room the visitor will 
find much of interest. 

Here are the earliest records of Plymouth Colony, 
in the handwriting of the men who are now held 
in reverence the world over for their coura-e in 
braving the perils of an unknown sea and an 
equally unknown shore, to face the dangers of savage 
men and savage beasts, in their constancv to what 
they believed to be their duty„ and for planting on 
this spot the great principles of a government by 
the people, — 

"A cliurch without a bishop, 
A state without a kini;." 

Here is their writing, some of it tpiaint and crabbed, 
some fair and legible. Here, on these verv pages,' 
rested the hands, fresh from handling the sword and 
the musket, or the peaceful implements of husbandry, 
of Bradford and Brewster and Standish. and others 
of that heroic band. Here is the original laying-out 
of the first street,— Leyden Street.^ Here' is" the 
plan of the plots of ground first assigned for yearly 
use, which they called, in the tinge ^ of the Dutch 

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tongue they had acquired in their long residence in 
HolLand, '• meersteads." Here are the simple and 
yet wise rules — laws they can hardly yet be called 
— laid down for the government of the infant colony. 
Here is the will of Standish ; the order establishing 
jury trial, in Gov. Bradford's writing; the order for 
the tirst customs law ; the division of cattle into 
lots, one cow being divided into thirteen lots. It 
was four years after the Landing before any domestic 




PILGRIM MEERSTEADS, TOWN BROOK. 

cattle were brought over, and in order to equalize 
them they were divided into lots, each family having 
one. It must have been a pretty nice affair to divide 
the milk of one cow among thirteen parties, to 
satisfy all. 

Here, also, is the original patent to the company 
from the Earl of ^^'arwick, granted in 1629, with its 
great wax seal engraved for the purpose, and the 
original box in which it came from England. Here 
are signatures, also, of nearly as much interest as 

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those of the Pilgrims themselves, — the marks of the 
original proprietors of all these broad helds and 
forests, whose names are represented by signs of 
bows and tortoises, of reptiles and animals. 

Here are also ancient deeds written in the Indian 
language, as put in form by Eliot and Mayo. The 
record clerk must have had his patience severely 
taxed when they were copied. 

A handsome lawn lies in the rear of the Court 
House, and near by is tlie residence of the sheriff 
of the county and keeper of the prison. 

Opposite Court Square is the new Memorial 
Methodist Church, a fine l;)uilding which was erected 
in 1885-S6, which is an ornamental and prominent 
feature of the localitv. 











THE PRISON, 



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The Prison* 




I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs — ■ 
A palace and a prison on each hand." 

'N the rear of the Court House stands 
the County Prison, a substantial brick 
house, with granite trimmings. There 
are eiglity-nine cells, the average num- 
ber of prisoners being about sixty-five. 
The workshop accommodates some fifty prisoners, 
who are kept at some light employment. All its 
appointments are of the most modern character, and 
in charge of the model sheriff of the county, Capt. 
A. K. Harmon. This establishment is one of the best 
penal institutions in the State. It may be visited at 
stated hours on week days on application at the 
sheriff's room, at the left of the vestibule. 



The Rock. 



■A rock in the wilderness welcomed our sires 

From bondage far over the datk rolling sea ; 
On that holy altar they kindled the fires, 

Jehovah, which glow in pur Bosoms for thee." 

ONTINUING our way along Court 
Street a little farther, we come to North 
Street, at which point the name of the 
main thoroughfare changes to Main 
Street, the business section of the 
town. Turning down North Street, leading to the 
water, in a little distance we come to the brow of the 




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hill. On the left Winslow Street winds northward, 
and on it we see an old mansion, partially hidden by 
two noble old trees. This house was built by Edward 
Winslow, brother to Gen. John Winslow, some time 
before the Revolution. He had the frame got out 
in England and brought over for this purpose. The 
trees in front were planted by his daughter about 
1760. 

Descending the hill, at our right, a short distance, 
we see a beautiful and artistic structure of granite in 




CANOPY OVER PLYMOUTH ROCK,— COLE'S HILL. 

the shape of a canopy, supported on four columns, 
and under this is the Rock, now world-famous. The 
upper portion of this renowned boulder, nearly all 
of that which is now in sight, was for one hundred 
and five years separated from the original Rock, and 
during this long period occupied localities remote from 
the Landing-place. In 1775, during the first fresh 
enthusiasm of the Revolution, in endeavoring to raise 



the Rock from its bed on the shore, to prevent its 
being covered by the lilling-in of a wharf about it, 
this piece split off. Auguries of tlie separation of 
the colonies from the mother-country were tlien drawn 
from the circumstance, and the upper part was taken, 
amidst much rejoicing, to Town Square, where it was 
deposited at the foot of a liberty pole from which 
waved a Mag bearing the motto, " Liberty or death." 
It remained there until 1S34, when at a celebration 
of the Fourth of July it was carried in procession 
to Pilgrim Hall, deposited in the front area, and 
enclosed by the iron fence which now surrounds the 
tablet with the Compact near the same spot. Here 
it remained forty-six years, its incongruous position, 
away from the water, not being understood by visi- 
tors without lengthy explanation. Mr. Stickney. the 
gentleman by whose liberality the alterations in Pil- 
grim Hall were at this time being made, recognized 
the impropriety of this separation of the Rock, and 
proposed reuniting the parts at the original Landing- 
place. The Pilgrim Society readily acceded to this 
proposition, and accordingly on Mondav. Sept. 27, 
i<SSo, without ceremony, this part of the Rock was 
placed beneath the Monumental Canopy at the water- 
side, the reunited pieces probably now presenting 
much the same appearance as when the Pilgrim shal- 
lop grazed its side. As to the identity of this Rock, 
and the certainty of its being the very one conse- 
crated by the first touch of I'ilgrim feet on this 
shore, there is not the slightest loophole for a doubt. 
Ancient records, now accessible, refer to it as an 
object of prominence on the shore, before the build- 

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in^ of the wharf about it in the year 1741. Thomas 
Faunce, the elder of the church, who was born in 
1646, and died in 1745, was the son of John Faunce, 
who came over in the "Ann'' in 1623. At tlie age 
of ninety-five years, hearing that the Rock, which 
from youth he had venerated, was to be disturbed, 
he visited the viUage, related the history of the Rock 
as told him by his father and contemporary Pilgrims, 
and in the presence of many witnesses declared it 
to be that upon which the Forefathers landed in 
1620. Thus it has been pointed out and identified 
from one generation to another, and from the days 
of the first comers to the present time. Not a 
shadow of distrust rests upon it as being the identi- 
cal spot where the first landing was effected on the 
shore of Plymouth. 

Only a century and a half have elapsed since Elder 
Faunce gave this personal testimony, and the lives 
of two or three elderly people cover that period, so 
the evidence is of positive rather than traditional 
character. 




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The Landing* 




E r us picture to ourselves the scene on 
that Monday morning, when, after their 
rest on ("kirk's Iskrnd, they came in 
their shallop t(j inspect the new coun- 
try tliat they had providentially found. 
The wharves and Iniildings and every trace of civil- 
ization vanish. All is wild and unknown. Across 
the harJDor comes the boat, every eye 
anxiously and keenly scanning the 
strange shore to dis- 
n cover the presence 
j of human beings, 
j who will be sure to 
! be enemies. They 
coast along the 
shore bv cliff 
and lowland, 
hand on wea- 
pon, e\'ery sense 
alert for the ex 
-^ p e c t e d warwhoop 
and attack. A steep 
and sandy cliff, the base of which is washed ])y the 
water, meets their eye ; at its foot a great boulder, 
brought from some far-away coast by glaciers, in some 
long-gone age. Oval in form, with a liat top, it seems 
the very place to liring the great clumsy boat up to, as 
from its top they can spring to the shore drv-shod, 
a matter which, after their previous wading in the 
ice-cold water at the Cape, is of no small moment, 

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The shallop is steered to its side ; the company 
steps upon the Rock, and the Landing of the 
Forefathers, now so reverently commemorated, is 
completed. Look along the shore at this day, north 
or south, and you may see cliffs as this was then. 
Divested of romance thrown around it by time, it 
should be remembered that the "Landing" was that 
of the exploring party which had coasted around the 
bay, the ''Mayflower" then being in Cape Cod 
Harbor. 

According to " Mourt's Relation," the exploring 
party, having landed from the Rock, " marched also 
into the lane and found divers cornfields and little 
running brooks, a place very good for situation. So 
we returned to our ships again with good news to 
the rest of the people, which did much comfort their 
hearts." 

The " Mayflower " weighs her anchor, and spread- 




THE GURNET. 

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ing sail moves across the bay. Feeling carefully their 
way, they pass the Gurnet, and navigate along the 
channel inside tlie beach, until, at the wide bend 
towards the town just above the present Beach Pa- 
vilion, as is believed by those who have studied the 
situation, the anchor is dropped, not to be again 
disturbed until the following spring, but the location 
is not yet settled. Some, with the alarm of the 
recent encounters vividly impressed upon them, think 
the Island, surrounded by water and easily defended, 
would be a good place. Jones River, sending its 
waters unabridged to meet the waves of the bay, 
attracts the attention of others. " So in the morning, 
after we had called on God for direction, we came 
to this resolution, to go presently ashore again, and 
to take a better view of two places v.hich we thought 
most fitting for us ; for we could not now take time 
for further search or consideration, our victuals being 
much spent, especially our l)eer, and it being now 
the 19th of December. After our landing and \iew- 
ing the places, so well as we could, we came to a 
conclusion, by most voices, to set on a high ground, 
where there is a great deal of land cleared, and 
hath been planted with corn three or four vears 
ago ; and there is a very sweet brook rims under 
the hillside, and nianv delicate springs of as good 
water as can be drunk, and where we may harbor 
our shallops and boats exceeding well ; and in this 
brook fish in tiieir season ; on the further side of 
the river also inuch corn ground cleared. In one 
field is a great hill on whith we point to make a 
platform, and plant our ordnance, which will com- 

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mand all around about. From thence we may see 
into the bay, and far out into the sea ; and we may 
see thence Cape Cod. Our greatest labor will be 
the fetching of our wood, which is half a quarter of 
an English mile ; but there is enough so far olT. 
^^'hat people inhabit here we yet know not, for as 
yet we have seen none. So there we made our 
rendezvous, and a place for some of our people, 
about twenty, resolving in the morning to come all 
ashore and to build houses.*" 



Cole's HiU. 

' Not Winter's sullen face, 
Not the fierce, tawny race 

In arms arrayed, 
Not hunger shook their faith ; 
Not sickness' baleful breath. 
Not Carver's early death. 
Their souls dismayed." 

SCENDING the broad Hight of steps 
that now leads to the brow of the hill 
and turning to the left, we tread upon 
sacred, hallowed ground. Here were 
buried, in that dark, sad winter in 
which they landed, half of their little band. The 
terrible tale is told concisely by the narrator already 
quoted. " This month (March) thirteen of our num- 
ber die. And in three months past dies half our 
company — the greatest part in the depth of winter, 
wanting houses and other comforts, being afflicted 

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with the scurvy and other diseases which their long 
voyage and iinaccommodate condition brought upon 
them, so as there die sometime two or three a day. 
Of a hundred persons scarce hfty remaining; the 
living scarce able to Ijurv the dead ; the well not 




THE EXILES. 

sufficient to tend the sick, there being, in their time 
of greatest distress, Irat six or seven, who spare no 
pains to help them." They liuried them on this 
hill, and levelled the gra\'es, and in the spring fol- 
lowing planted corn above them, that the Indians 
might not know the extent of tht-ir great loss. At 
four different times the remains have been discov- 
ered. Ill 1735, in a great rain, the water, rushing 
down Middle Street to the harbor, caused a deep 
gully there, exposing human remains and washing 
them into the sea. In 1S55 workmen engaged in 
digging trenches for the water-works found parts of 
five skeletons. 'I'he graves were in the roadway, 

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about five rods south of the foot of Middle Street. 
One of the skulls was sent to a competent anato- 
mist in Boston, and was pronounced to be of the 
Caucasian race. The remains were carefully gath- 
ered and placed in a metallic box, properly in- 
scribed, and interred on Burial Hill, subsequently 
being deposited in the chamber of the canopy over 
the Rock, at its completion in the year 1867. 
Again, on the 8th of October, 1883, during repairs 
on the hill, other remains were found, which were 
carefully removed, and afterwards, on the 20th of 
November, enclosed in a lead box and re-interred 
on the precise spot of their original burial. Directly 
over the grave a granite slab has been placed by 
order of the town, bearing an appropriate inscrip- 
tion. On the 27th of November, 1883, others still 
were found which lie undisturbed near the last, and 
their exact resting-place is designated on the mem- 
orial slab above mentioned. Cole's Hill has other 
histories also. From the first days its position over 
and commanding the harbor led to its being selected 
as a place of defence. In 1742 the General Court 
granted a sum of money to the town to erect a 
battery here. In 1775, the old defence having gone 
to decay, a new one was built and manned, and 
continued to be kept up during the war. In 18 14 
still another fort was thrown up here, and placed in 
charge of companies of soldiers stationed in the 
town. 



Vt 




MYLES STANDIbH MONUMENT, DUXBURY. 



Leyden Street* 




(Originally named First Street, afterwards in the Records called 
Great and Broad Street; named Leyden Street in 1823.) 

"There first was heard the welcome strain 
Of axe and hammer, saw and plane." 

'ALKING around the brow of the hill, 
through Carver Street, we pass the 
Universalist Church, erected in 1826 
on the spot where stood the ancient 
Allyne House, one of the last of its 
architecture to disappear in the colony. 

Standing on this elevation, we can see the reasons 
for the selection of this place for the settlement. 
There, below us, are the waters of " the very sweet 
brook," into which the " many delicate springs " still 
continue to run. How sweet they must have tasted 
to the palates of those poor storm-tossed wayfarers, 
who for months had been drinking the ship's stale 
water ! Sweet and pure they are now as they were 
then. Then the brook came to the sea in its natural 
wildness, unfettered by bridge or dam. Where it 
met the waters of the ocean was quite a wide estuary, 
so that before the lower bridge was built schooners 
of considerable size were wintered here nearly up 
to the second bridge. Beyond it is the land where 
there was "much corn land cleared." Opposite the 
large elm-tree on the bank they built their first 
building, a "common house." In 1801, in digging 
the cellar of the upper house opposite the tree, sev- 
eral tools and a plate of iron were found, which 

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^\^.\^^ Hli^ 



Sdn-. W/liMl^A 



"^ jry<incis Coo /re. 






yo/f/1 Bi/JJitaton. 






A ///^Jtw^rty deciding 
to Town B/'ook . 

~ — s 

. 



^ohn GoofJmdn . 



Pefet' Byou)/!. 



Con/ mo/? ffonse 



THe Harbor^ 






GoK Brciclfo/d. 



vow Mo in Sr. 



Stephen Nojf/d'/ts. 



^ohn //o/i^/rind. 



SamuoJ Fuf/er: 




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without doubt were in this house. It was about 
twenty feet square, and thatched. It took fire in 
the roof Jan. 14, 1621, and the thatch was burnt. 
It was a common log house, sucli as is built now 
by Western pioneers, and probably was not used 
many years. These articles found were probably 
left in it unnoticed when vacated, and only came 
to light when the little colony to whom they were 
so useful had expanded into a great nation. A 
sign now marks this spot. 

" Mourt's Relation " furnishes us an interesting 
record : — 

"Thursday, the 28th of December, so many as 
could went to work on the hill, where we purposed 
to build our platform for our ordnance, and which 
doth command all the plain and the bay, and from 
whence we may see far into the sea, and might be 
easier impaled, having two rows of houses and a 
fair street. So in the afternoon we went to measure 
out the grounds ; and first we took notice how many 
families there were, willing all single men that had 
no wives to join with some family, as they thought 
fit, so that we might build fewer houses ; which was 
done, and we reduced them to nineteen families. 

" To greater families we allotted larger plots : to 
every person half a pole in breadth and three in 
length, and so lots were cast where every man should 
lie ; which was done and staked out," and this was 
laying out of Leyden Street. An unfinished plan of 
this street is to be seen on the old records at the 
Court House. 



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Plymouth in J627> 



,r"N 1627, Isaac DeRasieres, an officer 
^' from the Dutch Colony of Xew Neth- 



erlands, now New \'ork, visited Plym- 
outh, and in a letter to Holland sends 
the following description of the appear- 
ance of the place : - 

'' New r^lvmouth lies on the slope of a liill stretch- 
ing east toward the sea coast, with a broad street 
about a cannf>n shot of eight hundred [yards] long, 
leading down the hill, with a [street] crossing in the 
middle, northwards to the rivulet antl southwards to 

p 1 the land.* The houses are con- 

! . I structed of hewn planks, with gar- 

I '„ V "'■"" dens also enclosed behind and at 

I -■ ' W ' ■'- " ' ' ' ' 

\< '^'^-- the sides with hewn planks, so 

I I 

that their houses and court-yards 

are arranged in very good order, 
with a stockade against a 
sudden attack ; and at the 
ends of the street are 
three wooden gates. In 
the centre, on the cross 
street, stands the Govern- 
or's house, before which 
is a square enclosure, upon which four pateriors 
[steen-stucken] are mounted, so as to tlank along the 
streets. Upon the hill tlie\- ha\'e a large scpiare house, 




PILGRIMS GL'IMG Th church. 



*An cniir in st.ilL-nunt ol tlio jKiinls i.f tlio iunip.i>s is liere f\ idunt. 
It slioiiUl lie " soutliwards tn tliu ri\ulcl and northw.irds tn llie land." 



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with a flat roof, made of thick sawn planks, stayed 
with oak beams, upon the top of which they have six 
cannons, which shoot iron balls of four and five 
])Ounds, and command the surrounding country." 



Town Square* 




ALKING up Leyden Street, we pass on 
our left the church of the Baptist So- 
ciety, built in 1865 to replace their old 
house of worship on Spring Street, 
burned in 186 1. We now enter Town 
Square, shaded by its noble elms, planted in 1784. 
On the corner of Main Street is a large building, 
built in 1876 by Mayflower Lodge, I.O.O.F. On 
the ground floor is the postoffice, the Pilgrim Book- 
store and other places of business. In the second 




GOV BRADFuRD ^ HwU^E irj 1621 



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story is a fine Opera House, and a lodge room of the 
order, very elegantly fitted and furnished, with neces- 
sary ante-rooms. This building covers the spot on 
which stood the house of William l^radford, so many 
years the Pilgrim governor. Above this is the Con- 
gregational "Church of the Pilgrimage,"' built in 
1840. standing, it is believed, very near the locality 
of the first meeting-house. Opposite is an old build- 
ing, now the Town House. This was built in 1749 
as a court house, the town contributing a part of 
the cost for the privilege of using it. When the new 
court house was built, in 1S20, this building was 
purchased by the town. The entrance to it, for some 
years after it was built, was from the east end by a 
JM'oad fiight of steps. About 1787 these were taken 
away, and the entrance fi.xed as at present to make 
a market in the basement, which was kept there as 
a town market for many years. At the head of the 
square is the site of the church of the First Parish, 
the original church of the Pilgrims. 'I'his edifice 
was destroyed by fire Nov. 22, 1892, and is now (1896) 
being replaced by a handsome one of stone. 

The first "meeting-house," as the Pilgrims called 
them, to distinguish them from houses of worship of 
the established church, has been proved, by the in- 
vestigations of Mr. \V. 'P. I )a\is, to have stood on 
the north side of the sciuare, near the spot occupied 
by the tower of ( )dd Fellows' Hall and the store of 
1 latch & Shaw. Of this we know but little, e.xcept 
that it was erected in 1638 (the I'orefathers before 
that time worsliipping in the fort on the hill), and 
had a l)ell. In 1683 a new building was erected, 

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not on the same lot, but farther out at the head of 
the square. This was forty-five by forty feet, sixteen 
feet in the walls, had a Gothic roof, diamond window 
glass and a bell. In 1744 still another church was 






111 



CHURCH OF THE FIRST PARISH. 

built on or near the same site. This remained until 
1830, when a Gothic edifice was erected. This stood 
farther up the hill than the previous one, and was 
destroyed by fire in 1892. 



45 



Burial Hill. 



'The Pilgrim Fathers are at rest: 

When Summer's throned on high, 
And the world's warm l)reast is in verdure dressed, 
Go, stand on the hill where they lie." 

s^p^'EYONI) and above Town Square 
strelclies the verdant slope conse 
crated from the earliest years of the 
colony ris a place of sepiiltiu'e. Mere 
repose the ashes of those who survived 
the first winter. " Tn one field a f^reat hill, on which 
we point to make a platform and plant our ordnance, 
which will command all round about. From thence 
we may see into the bay and far into the sea.'' 





GOV. BRADFORD'S MONUMENT, BURIAL HILL. 

Marble tai)lets mark the location of the Old Fort and 
Watch Tower, while nmnerous stones and monuments, 
which can easily l:)e deciphered, point out resting- 
places of I'ilL;rims and descendants. 

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The marble obelisk in memory of Gov. William 
Bradford, the second governor, with its untranslatable 
Hebrew text ; and its Latin inscription, freely ren- 
dered : " Do not basely relinquish what the Fathers 
with difficulty attained," erected in 1825, is near to 
us, and around it are numerous stones, marking the 
graves of his descendants. A little back, on a path 
to the rear entrance to the hill, is the oldest stone 
in the cemetery. It must be remembered that for 
many years the colonists had far other cares, and 
many other uses for their little savings, than to pro- 
vide stones to mark their graves. These had to be 
imported from England at much cost, and conse- 
quently it was some years before any were able to 
afford the expense. The oldest stone is that to the 
memory of Edward Gray, 1681. Mr. Gray was a 
merchant, and one of the wealthiest men in the 
colony. Near the head of this path is a stone to 
William Crowe, 16S3-84. Near by is one to Thomas 
Clarke, 1697, erroneously reported to have been the 
mate of the " Mayflower," but who came in the 
"Ann," in 1623. Clark's Island, supposed by many 
to have been named for Thomas Clark, received its 
name from John Clark, now known to have been the 
mate of the "Mayflower." Beside the grave of 
Thomas Clark is that of his son, Nathaniel, who was 
one of the councillors of Sir Edmund Andros, Gov- 
ernor of New England. Other old stones are those 
of Mrs. Hannah Clark, 1697 ; and John Cotton, 1699. 
These are all the original stones bearing dates in 
the seventeenth century. There are some with dates 
of that century which have been erected since, by 

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descendants, including the monument to Gov. Brad- 
ford, before alluded to ; the monument to Robert 
Cushman ; and the stone over the remains of John 




t^Wi'i^ K^/t^cK-s c:-R'-- ^v^p^ 'v0. 







ir^.t^- 



:^ j?^ 






GRAVE OF THOMAS CLARK. 

Howland. The inscription on the latter stone reads 
as follows : — 

Here ended the pilgrimage of John Howland and Eliza- 
beth, his wife. She was the daughter of Governor Carver. 
They arrived in the Mayflower, December, 1620. They had four 
sons and six daughters, from whom are descended a numerous 
posterity. 

1672, Feh'y 23(1. JijUN Howlanh, <if I'lymouth, (kncasctl. 
He lived to the age of eighty years. He was the last man tliat 
was left of those that came over in the shi]5 called the May- 
flower, that lived in Plymouth. — | Plymouth Records. 

Near the Bradford monument are tiie i;ra\cs of 
his family. 'i"he face of the stone at tlie grave of 

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his son, Major William Bradford, shelled off in 
1876-77, but the inscription has since been retraced. 
The cut following is reproduced from a view taken 
of- the original, and is an Qx-xci fa i--si/ii/h' : — 



,,/'j''^fc» 




I r-^- 1 Vv^O TX? ''Rcl fSB > ^0 ? ^v 

1 ■ 






GRAVE OF WILLIAM BRADFORD. 



Here lyes ye body of ye honourable Major William Bradford, 
who expired Feb'y ye 20th, 1703-4, age 79 years. 

He lived long, but still was doing good, 
And in his country's service lost much blood. 
After a life well spent, he's now at rest. 
His very name and memory is blest. 

At the grave of another son the headstone reads 
as follows : — 

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Here lyes interred ye body of Mr. Joseph Bradford, son of 
the late Honorable William Bradford, Esq., Governor of Plym- 
outh Colony, who departed this life July the loth, 1715, in the 
eighty-fifth year of his age. 

The following ,are some of the inscriptions of the 
older stones : — 

Here lyes ye body of Mrs. Hannah SruRTKVANr, aged 
about si.xty-four years. Dec. in March, 170S-9. 

Here lyes Iniried the l)<>dy of Mr. Thomas Faunck, ruling 
elder of the First Cliurch of Christ in I'hMnouth. I )eceased 
P'eb'y 27, I74v in the ninety-ninth year of his age. 

The fathers — where are they? 

Blessed are the dead who che in the Lord. 

[Elder Faunce was the last who held the oftice of 
ruling elder in tlie church. He was contemporary 




GRAVE OF DR. FRANCIS LE BARON, 
THE " NAMELESS NOBLEMAN. '■ 

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with many of the first comers, and from him comes 
much of the information we possess about the locali- 
ties now venerated.] 

The epitaphs in old graveyards possess much in- 
terest to the lovers of the quaint and curious, and 
this first cemetery of New England is not without 
its attractions of that kind. The following are some 
of the most interesting: — 

This stone is erected to the memory of that unbiased judge, 
faithful officer, sincere friend, and honest man, CoL. Isaac 
LoTHROP, who resigned his life on the 26th day of April, 1750, 
in the forty-third year of his age. 

Had Virtue's charms the power to save 
Its faithful votaries from the grave. 
This stone had ne'er possessed the fame 
Of being marked with Lothrop's name. 

A row of stones on the top of the hill, near the 
marble tablet marking the locality of the Watch 
Tower, is raised to the memory of the ministers of 
the First Parish. Back of these is the Judson lot, 
where the sculptor's chisel has perpetuated the 
remembrance of Rev. Adoniram Judson, the cele- 
brated missionary to Burmah, whose body was com- 
mitted to the keeping of Old Ocean. On the westerly 
side of the hill is a monument erected by Stephen 
,Gale, of Portland, Me, : — 

To the memory of seventy-two seamen, who perished in Plym- 
outh Harbor, on the 26th and 27th days of December, 1778, on 
board the private armed brig. General Arnold, of twenty 
guns, James Magee, of Boston, Commander; sixty of whom 
were buried in this spot. 

About midway on the easterly slope, a little to the 
north of the main path up the hill, on the stone to a 
child aged one month : — 



He glanced into our world to see 
A sample of our miserle. 

On a stone a little farther north, to the memory of 
four c/iilJi-en, aged respectively thirty-six, twenty-one, 
seventeen and two years: — 

Stop, traveller, and shed a tear 
Upon the fate of children dear. 








'^ ' vt^Y oat -rtyui'■■^'"t-- 






in Y- ~ortv Ci^M 



K*4 







,/ 






On the path towards the schooliiouse, on a stone 
to a woman with an infant child by her side : — 

Come view the skI'.n, 'twill till you with surjjrise, 
Behold the loveliest form in natuie dies; 
At noon she flourished, blooming, fair and gay ; 
At evening an extended corpse she lay. 

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Near the entrance to this path is the grave of 
a Revokxtionary soldier, Capt. Jacob Taylor ; died 
1788 : — 

Through life he braved her foe, if great or small, 
And marched out foremust at his country's call. 

On this path is the grave of Joseph Bartlett, who 
died in 1703 : — 

Thousands of years after blest Abel's fall, 

'Twas said of him, being dead he speaketh yet ; 

From silent grave methinks I hear a call: — 
Pray, fellow mortals, don't your death forget. 

You that your eyes cast on this grave. 

Know you a dying time must have. 

Near the same place is a curious stone, to the 
memory of John Cotton : — 

1 lere Ives interred three children, viz., three sons of Rev. 

Mr. John Cotton, who died in the work of the gospel 

ministry at Charleston, Soutli Carolina, Sept. 

ye i8th, 1869, where he had great success, and seven sons of 

JosiAH Cotton, Esq., who died in their infancy. 

On the southerly slope of the hill, near a little 
pine grove, is a stone to a child : — 

The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's 
teeth are set on edge. 

On a stone to the memory of Thomas Jackson, 
died in 1794 : — 

The spider's most attenuated thread 
Ls cord, is cable, to man's tender tie. 

Martha Cotton, 1796. 

Many years I lived. 

Many painful scenes I passed, 

Till God at last 

Called me home. 

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In a long lot, enclosed with an iron fence: — 

F. W. Jacksun, obit. Mch. 23, 1797, i yr., 7 dys. 
Heav'n knows what man 
He might have made. Hut we 
He died a most rare boy. 










'^ 




'M-*;Na^mfe his wile 
-;• -.of ^ ^U 



Fa.n.wik Ckik\ii;ik. 
As young as Ijeaulifiil ! and soft as young, 
And gay as soft 1 and innocent as gay. 

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On the path by the fence in the rear of the hill: — 

The father and the children dead, 

We hope to Heaven their souls have fled. 

The widow now alone is left, 

Of all her family bereft. 

May she now put her trust in God, 

To heal the wound made by His rod. 

On a stone raised to the memory of a child : — 

He listened for a while to hear 

Our mortal griefs; then tuned his ear 

To angel harps and songs, and cried 

To join their notes celestial, sigh'd and died. 

A little farther on in this path is the stone to 
Tabitha Flasket, 1807 ; the epitaph on which, writ- 
ten by herself, breathes such a spirit of defiance that 
it attracts much attention : — 

Adieu, vain world, I've seen enough of thee ; 

And I am careless what thou say'st of me ; 

Thy smiles I wish not. 

Nor thy frowns I fear, 

I am now at rest, my head lies quiet here. 

Mrs. Flasket, in her widowhood, taught a private 
school for small children, at the same time, as was 
the custom of her day, doing her spinning. Her 
mode of punishment was to pass skeins of yarn under 
the arms of the little culprits, and hang them upon 
nails. A suspended row was a ludicrous sight. 

Mr. Joseph Flasket (husband of Tabitha) died in 
1794, at the age of forty-eight years. The widow 
wrote his epitaph as follows: — 

All you that doth behold my stone, 
Consider how soon I was gone. 
Death does not always warning give, 
Therefore be careful how you live. 
Repent in time, no time delay, 
I in my prime was called away, 

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Nearly opposite this is one on a very young 
child: — 

The babe that's caught from woml) and breast, 
Claim right to sing abo\e the rest, 
Because they found the happy shore 
They never saw or sought before. 

As this path comes out on the brow of the hill, near 
a white fence, is a stone to F^lizabeth Savery, 183 i : — 

Ueniember nie as you pass by. 
As you are now, so once was I ; 
As I am now, so you will be, 
Therefore jjrepare to follow me. 

A little from the path up Burial Hill, to the left, 
just below the Cushman monument, a marble tablet 




THE OLD FORT AND FIRST MEETING-HOUSE, 1621 

marks the spot wliere the fort of the little colony 
was situated, quite a portion of its outline still beiny; 
distinct, particularly at the easterly corner. We can 
see at once with what sa^acitv tlie site was chosen, 
undoulitedly by Standish. It conmianded Leyden 

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Street and the approaches from the brook over 
which the Indians came. 

Standing here, we have a view of the southern part 
of the town. The blue heights of Manomet Hills 
shut in the horizon. Beyond them lies the little 
hamlet of South Plymouth, a rural village with sum- 
mer hotels, the Manomet and Brastow Houses, of 
considerable celebrity, especially among sportsmen. 
On this side is the village of Chiltonville, with its 
churches and factories. Far down to the shore, 



1 




M A r J O y E r BLUFFS 

near the head of the Beach, is the Hotel Pilgrim. 
This hotel has long been known as one of the finest 
summer resorts on the coast. Nearer lies the south- 
erly portion of the main village. There is the com- 
mon, laid out very early as a "Training Green," the 
name it bears today, with the Soldiers' Monument, 
erected in 1869. 

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Wat 



son s 



HiU. 




.I'l'OSri'E is Watson's Hill, now cov- 
ered with houses. This was the 
" Caniaiii^antrc^it'" of the Indians, one 
'^^l^LM&^t^^ <jf their favorite resorts, where they 
LJiy^^^^S'^ had their summer camps, and on the 
le\"el below planted their corn. It is famous as the 
scene of the treaty with Massasoit. (iov. Bradford 




il Hill. Town Brook Watson's Hi 

THE TOWN FROM THE SOUTH. 

had a tract of land assii;ned him here on which to 
raise corn, and to this da\- portions of the hill remain 
in the Bradford name and others of direct descent 
from him. 



The Watch Tower* 

A little to the north of the site of the t)ld fort 
another tablet marks the place of tlu' brick watch 
tower erected in 164:;. The localitv of this tower is 

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indicated by four stone posts set in the ground 
to mark its corners. The brick foundation is still 
there, about a foot below the surface, and the old 
hearthstone on which the Pilgrims built their watch 
fires still lies where they placed it, on the south- 
erly side of the enclosure. The location of the tower 
was discovered several years ago in digging a grave, 
when the sexton came upon the foundation. The 




SITE OF THE WATCH TOWER, 1643. 

Back of this is seen the lot of Rev. Adoniram Judson, the famous 

missionary to Burnaah. 

town records of Sept. 23, 1643, have the following 
entry in regard to it: "It is agreed upon by the 
whole that there shall be a watch house forthwith, 
built of brick, and that Mr. Grimes will sell us the 
brick at eleven shillings a thousand." This is the 
first mention of brick in the records of the colony, 
and it is to be presumed that this marks about the 

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time of the first brickyard. The cause of the tower 
being built was probal^ly tlie tlireatenings of the In- 
dians, wliicla resulted in the Narragansett war. 

Still later, in 1676, another fortification was erected 
on the hill, it is presumable covering the same area, 
enclosing a hundred feet square, " witli palisadoes 
ten and a half feet high, and three pieces of ordnance 
planted on it." The town agreed with Nathaniel 
Southworth to build a watch house, -'which is to be 
sixteen feet in length, twelve feet in breadth, and 
eight feet stud, to be walled with boards, and to have 
two rioors, the upper fioor to be si.\ feet alcove the 
tower, to batten the walls and make a small pair of 
stairs in it, the roof to be covered with shingles, and 
a chimney to be built in it. For the said work he 
is to have eight pounds, either in money or other 
pay equivalent.'' This being only thirty-two years 
after the building of the I)rick tower, it would seem 
as if the latter could hardly have fallen or been 
taken down, and it is possible, if not probable, that 
the wooden watch tower was built upon the old brick 
one ; but of this we can only conjecture. 'I'his was 
in the period of King Philip's war. From this might 
have been seen the blaze of the houses at Fel River 
(now Chilton ville), and the terrible war-whoop almost 
heard as the savages burst upon the little hamlet, 
near where is now the store of Mr. George W. l')ram- 
hall, on that peaceful Sabbath when they left eleven 
dead bodies and smoking ruins to mark their savage 
onslaught. 



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The Harbor* 



^j ROM the easterly brow of Burial Hill we 
have a beautiful picture of the harbor 
and its surroundings. Below us the 
ground slopes to the water, cut into 
terrace below terrace, with the buildings 
upon them. At its foot are the wharves and harbor, 
and beyond is the Beach, near which the " May- 





ALONG THE WHARVES. 

riower ■' swung at her anchors. Manomet is the 
range of misty blue hills stretching into the bay on 
the right. Kingston and Duxbury, with Captain's 
Hill, are on the left, and far out Clark's Island, 
Saquish and the Gurnet, with the thin, sandy strip 
of beach joining the latter headlands. On the Gurnet 
is Fort Andrew, and at Saquish is Fort Standish, 
both earthworks built by the Government during the 

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civil war of 1861-65. '^ ^^^ sites are the property of 
the United States. The Gurnet, it is said, takes its 
name from a somewhat simihir promontory in the 
EngUsh channel, near Plymouth, England. ( >n it 
are located a United States life-saving station and 
lighthouse. Saquish is an Indian word signifying an 
abundance of clams. Clark's Island was named from 
the mate of the " MayHower," who commanded the 
shallop on the expedition when the island was dis- 
covered. 

The following statistics were furnished l)y Capt. 
A. M. Harrison fmrn the I'nited States Survev of 




» *^ ; jvi 



OFF BEACH POINT. 
Captain's HiH, Duxbury, in the distance. 

1853-57 : l^'rom the shore end of Long Wharf, in a 
straight line, to (lurnet Eight, the distance is four 
and seven-sixteenths statute miles, or three and se\en- 
eighths nautical miles. 'I'he length of rhniouth 
JJeach, from the foot of Manomet Hills to the beacon 
on extreme ]:)()iiit, is three and li\'e-sixteenths statute 
miles, or l\v(; and seven-eigiuli.'i nautical miles. The 

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length of the Reach, from its junction with the main- 
Lmd to the beacon, is two and five-eighths statute 
miles, or two and one-fourth nautical miles. 



Voyage of the Mayflower 
Shallop* 

ROM here we can trace the whole course 
J) of that expedition which started on its 
^^^ voyage of discovery from the " May- 
flower '' in Provincetown Harbor, directly 
opposite us across the bay. Coasting 
along the inside of Cape Cod at the right, its sandy 
shore hidden by distance from our sight, some of the 








£t>^^ 




THE "MAYFLOWER" IN PLYMOUTH HARBOR. 

exploring party on foot, forcing their way through 
the tangled wilderness, sometimes wading in half- 
frozen water through the surf or across brooks, they 
slowly make their way. Constantly on the alert, and 
tw(j or three times attacked and beating off their 

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assailants, the sliallop with her company nears 
Manoniet headland. And now it began to snow and 
rain and the wind to blow and the seas to rise. Now 
the hinge of the rudder breaks, and oars are got out 
to steer with. Master Coppin, the pilot, bids them 
to be of good cheer, for he sees the harbor which he 
had promised them. Across the bay they steer, keep- 
ing on a press of sail to make the desired harbor 
before nightfall, when crash goes the mast, broken 
into three pieces, and the shallop is near being 
wrecked. Now the flood-tide takes them and bears 
them in past the (iurnet nose, and Master Coppin, 
finding himself in a strange place that he had never 
seen before, throws up his hands and exclaims : "I'he 
Lord be merciful to us, I never saw this place 
before," and in his terror would have run the boat 
on shore, " in a cove full of breakers," between the 
Gurnet and Saquish ; " but a lusty seaman Avhich 
steered bade those that rowed, if they were men. 









CLARK S ISLAND. 
View from the Saquish. 



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about with her, or else they were all cast away." 
The short twilight of the winter clay had faded into 
darkness, as the storm-tossed and disspirited company 
found themselves " under the lea of a small island." 
There it is before us, the third highland to the left — 




THE COURTSHIP. 



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the first being the Gurnet and the second Saquish. 
They landed, and kept their watch that niglit in a 
rain. (tov. Bradford, in his history, gives us a few 
more particulars: "In the morning they find the 
place to be a small island secure from Indians. And 
this being the last day of the week, they here dry 
their stuff, fix their pieces, rest themselves, return 
God thanks for their many deliverances, and here the 
next da)' keep their Christian Sabbath.'' Tradition 
says that from a large rock with a liat top that is 
there now, bearing the inscription, "On the Sabboth 
day wee rested," the first prayer ascended on this 
shore; and there, for the first time in New England, 
praise and thanks were given to that watchful Provi- 
dence that had guided and guarded them. The next 
day, Monday, they sailed up to the shore below us, 
and, stepping on I'lymouth Rock, made the e.xjilor.i- 
tion which ultimately determined them to tix upon 
this place for their plantation. 



Town Brook* 



"And tliL'ie is ;i \ L-ry .swcL't lirooku niiiiR-s uiuIlt the liillside, 
and many dclicalc springs df as yciod \valt.-f as can l)e drunke." 

— Cow I'.KADI'OKD. 

|T the foot of burial Hill, on the scnith 
side, the Town IJrook Hows through 
the centre of the town, ''vexed in 
all its seaward course by bridges, dams 
and mills." Along the l)anks the Pil- 
grims erected their hrst dwelling-houses and brought 
water from "the very sweet brook" below, into 

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which the "many delicate springs" still continue 
to run. It is a favorite resort for artists who delight 
in sketching the picturesque scenery and ancient 
architecture. 

The stream proceeds from IJillington Sea, about two 
miles distant from the town. It furnishes a valuable 
water power at the present, and in the days of the Pil- 
grims, and for nearly two centuries after, it abounded 
with alewives almost at their doors, affording an im- 
portant resource for the supply of their wants. The 
tide flowed for some distance up this stream and 
formed a convenient basin for the reception and safe 
shelter of the shallops and other vessels employed in 
their earlier enterprises of fishing and traffic. Over 
this brook came the great sachem Massasoit, with 
twenty of his braves, on a visit to the Pilgrims, when 




ENTRANCE TO MORTON PARK. 



67 



was concluded that treaty which durhiy; its continu- 
ance of forty years conduced so effectually to the 
safety and pernianance of the colony 



Morton Park* 




.KK of the most attracti\'e spots in old 
ri\inouth, and one that the casual visi- 
tor does not always see, is Morton I'ark. 
s^J^^^' /JfT/i.^'WC] I>\'in<r a little more than a mile from 
LJ<cx^i^S^<*'^ the village centre, it makes a convenient 
pleasure-ground for Plymouth people, and the beauty 




BILLINGTON SEA, MORTON PARK. 

of the place is such as to attract all lovers of wood- 
land scenery. Nature has done her most to make the 
park charming, and man has very wisely made little 

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attempt to improve it. One hundred and fifty acres 
there are, consisting of deep woods and open country, 
hills and valleys, brooks and ponds. 

The park nearly surrounds Little Pond, consisting 
of forty acres, and borders for a mile on the historic 
Billington Sea, which has 308 acres. Roads and 
paths have been laid out in romantic situations, and 
a few trees planted, but otherwise the wild woodland 
remains in its natural state. In 1889 the land was 
given to the town by several public-spirited citizens, 
and the park was named for Nathaniel Morton, Esq., 
one of the donors. 



The Town* 




^Y the census of 1895 the population of 
Plymouth was 7,958. The total valua- 
tion of the town in that year was 
$6,646,750, of which $4,646,525 was 
real estate and $2,000,225 personal. 
The number of polls assessed was 2,416. 

Few towns are better provided with city conven- 




'":^^^^ ^=^\"^ ^^T^^^' -i-^fc::^'^^"^^'^--^"- 



PLYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL. 
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iences. A system of water-works, introduced in 1855, 
supplies the inhabitants with pure water from the 
great ponds that lie in the woods a few miles south 
of the main village. The main thoroughfares are 
lighted by electricity, and both electricity and gas are 
in use for illuminants in public buildings, stores, fac- 
tories and dwellings. An electric street railway 
carries passengers over six miles of Plymouth's high- 
way and into the adjoining towii of Kingston. 

The town has a public library containing eleven 
thousand volumes. Its schools rank among the best 
in the State, and its high-school building, erected in 
1 89 1 at a cost of forty thousand dollars, has accom- 
modation for over two hundred pupils. In its reli- 
gious denominations are represented the L^nitarian. 
Congregational, Baptist, I niversalist, Methodist, 
Catholic, Episcopal, Advent and German Lutheran 
faiths. 

The town contains five ])anking institutions, — the 
Old Colony and the I'lymouth national banks, the 
Plymouth, the I'lymouth Five-Cents and the Plymouth 
Co-Operative sa\ings banks, occupying two fine brick 
buildings on Main Street. There are seven e.\cellent 
hotels within the town limits, three of them well 
known as summer resorts. 

Plymouth has good streets, her principal thorough- 
fares being macadamized. The sidewalks throughout 
the centre of the town are concreted. Her stores are 
kept abreast of the times, and two weekly newspapers 
chronicle the liappenings of local and neighborhood 
interest. 



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Its Industries* 



HE character of Plymouth's industrial 
) life has entirely changed within a half- 
' century. Within the memory of men 
now Hying, the time ^yas ^yhen the town 
boasted a tieet of seventy-five fisher- 
men and enjoyed prestige as a fishing port. In com- 
mon with other seaport towns of New England, this 





COURT STREET. 

industry has departed, but thriving manufactories 
have risen on the ruins of her maritime glory. 

Plymouth's manufacturing industries show great 
diversity of character, and with rare exceptions have 
been exceedingly prosperous. The yearly value of 
their total product is not far from seven million dol- 
lars. The great cordage works at North Plymouth, 
one of the very largest concerns of the kind in the 
world, employ many hundred hands, and have built 

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up a llourisliinL;- vilhij^c (>( their own in that quarter 
of the town. There are two lari;-e mills engaged in 
the production of woolen and worsted cloths, and 
two making cotton duck. Three extensive factories 
keep many of I'lymouth's inliabitants busily employed 
in the manufacture of tacks and rivets. An iron 
foundry does a heavy business in stove-making. 
Besides these there are manufactories of boots and 




ALONG SHORE FROM STEPHEN'S POINT. 

shoes, bedsteatl joints, insulated wire for electrical 
purposes, products c)f zinc and copper, ornamental 
nickel articles, nails and tack-jilate, \vo\-en seamless 
pockets, saw-ginnmers and swages, l)an'e]s, boxes, 
kegs and kits, and numerous smaller (.'nti'rpi-ises. 
The electric light and power company lurni^hes 
jiower for se\'eral of these estalilishments. 

I'lymouth's manufactured products bear an excel- 
lent n.anu' in the markets of the woi'ld, her cnrdiige, 
duck and woolen goods biang particaihiib' well and 
favorably known. 

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Of late years many Plymouth residents have en- 
gaged in the cranberry culture on an extensive scale, 
and their ventures have been exceedingly profitable. 
A new industry, and one which is growing to large 
proportions, is the raising of brook trout and spawn 
for the markets. 



Old Houses* 

'LYMOUTH contains many old buildings 
antedating the Revolution, but they have 
been repaired and modernized so that 
they do not have that appearance at 
present, and visitors are often disap- 
pointed in not finding the antique structures which 
thev expected. Old people, now living, can remem- 




Mt 



?V,/ 



n 



I 




HOUSE IN PLYMOUTH, 



ber when several of these buildings had " Dutch 
ovens "' and chimneys built on the outside. 

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The oldest house now standing is the so-called 
Doten house on Sandwich Street, about half a mile 
from the centre of the town. It was built in 1660 by 
William Harlow, and in 1773 was owned by Nathaniel 
Doten from whom it descended to heirs who still hold 
it. Among other old houses still remaining are the 
Leach house, on Summer Street, built in 1679; the 
Rowland house, 1666; Cole's blacksmith shop, 
1684; the Shurtleff house, 169S; the Crowe house, 






r 




WILLIAM HARLOW HOUSE, 1677. 

Built of tirnbtr ffom old Bunul Hill Fort. 

1664; and the William Harlow house. Iniilt in 1677, 
partly of the material of the old fort on liurial Hill. 
The Winslow house on North Street is a good 
example of the colonial style of architecture. It was 
built about 1754 by Edward Winslow, who was a great- 
grandson of Cov. Winslow of tlie colony. He pur- 
chased the land from Consider, a grandson of John 

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Howlancl, who was one of the " Mayflower " pas- 
sengers. It is now owned and occupied by Rev. 
George W. Briggs, of Cambridge, as a summer resi- 
dence. 



As a Summer Resort* 

Viewed simply as the landing-place of the Pilgrims, 
Plymouth has an interest which attaches to no other 
spot in America. The number of visitors from all 
parts of the country increases with each year, as his- 
toric sentiment becomes more widespread and facili- 
ties for travel are multiplied. It is estimated that 
fifty thousand strangers visit the town every summer. 
It is not alone on account of its history that Plym- 
outh is attractive to the visitor. The beauty of its 
scenery, the unusual healthfulness of its air, the 
purity of its Avater, the variety of its drives, the num- 
ber of ponds within its limits, and its unbounded re- 
sources for the sportsmm and pleasure-seeker, have 
been more widely recognized with each recurring 
season. It combines the most interesting features 
of town and country, and has direct connection with 
New York, by the Fall River Line and the Plymouth 
& Middleborough Railroad. The distance from Bos^ 
ton is thirty-seven miles by rail, with frequent trains ; 
and during the summer months a daily steamer is on 
the route between the two places, the sail being a 
delightful one. ■= 

As a summer resort for health and pleasure, Plym- 
outh has great attractions. Plymouth and the adjoin- 
ing towns of Kingston and Duxbury nearly encircle 

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a harbor of almost unrivalled beauty, a source of 
endless pleasure to the summer visitor. There are 
good sand beaches for surf and smooth-water sea 
bathing. In the ]5ay are oj^jportunities for fine sport 
in the mackerel season, and a haul of sea-perch, 
tautog, cod or haddock is always to be had. I'lym- 



-^a'C^ 




outh extends o\-er a territory about eighteen miles 
long, and from fixe to nine miles wide; and bevond 
the settled jiarts of the town is a succession of 
wootled liills. 'I'his large tract is interspersed with 
hundreds of large and small jionds i or lakes) stocked 
with fish, furnishing limitless liclds for the l(>\-er of 
nature, or seeker of pleasure, in walking, riding, fish- 
in^' or huntinv'. 



/6 



The Compact 



SldNED IN THE CaIUN OE IH E " MaVKLOWEK,'' NoV. 

irni, Oi.i) Si\i.K, Nov. 2isi\ New Stvlk, 1620. 



'' In the name uf God, amen, we ■whose names are 
underwritten, the loyall sul)jects of our dread sov- 
eraigne Lord, King James, by the grace of God, of 
Great Britaine. Frane aiul Irehind king, defender of 
tlie faith, &c., haveing undertaken, for the gloria of 
(rod, and advancemente of the Christian faith, and 
honor of our king and countrie, a voyage to phint the 
first colonie in the Xortiierne parts of Virginia, doe 
l)y these presents solemnly and nuitualy in the pres- 
ence of God, and one of another, covenant and com- 
bine ourselves togetiier into a civill body politick, for 
our better ordering and preservation and furtherence 
of the ends aforesaid ; and by vertue hereof to enacte, 
constitute and frame such just and equall laws, or- 
denances, acts, constitutions and offices, from time to 
time, as shall be thought most meete and convenient 
for the general got)d of the colonie, unto which we 
promise all due submission and obedience. In wit- 
ness w'hereof we have hereunto subscribed our names 
at Cap-Codd the 1 1 of November, in the year of the 
raigne of our soveraigne lord. King James of England, 
l'"ranc and Ireland the eighteenth, and of Scotland the 
fiftv-fourth, ANo 1 )om 1620." 



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Members of the '' Mayflower '' GDmpany 

Arkivinc, i.\ Cm'K Cm 11 ariujr. 



Jolin Carver. 
Katlierine Carver, liis \vi 
Desire Minter. 
John Howland. 
RoKer Wilder. 
William Latham. 
Maid Servant. 
Jasper More. 
William Brewster. 
Mary Brewster, his wife. 
Love Brewster. 
Wrestling Brewster. 
Richard I\Iore. 
His brother. 

Kdward Winslow. 

Klizabeth Winslow, his w 

( Jeorge Soule. 

Elias Story. 

Ellen More. 

William Bradford. 

Dorothy Bradford, his w i 

Isaac Allerton. 

Mary Allerton. his wife. 

Bartholomew Allerton. 

Remember Allerton. 

Mary Allerton. 

John Hooke. 

Richard Warren. 

John Billington. 

Eleanor Billington, lii, wi 

John Billington. 

Erancis Billington. 

Edward Tilley. 

.Ann Tilley, his wife. 

Henry Sampson. 

Humility Cooper. 

John Tilley, 

His wife. 

Elizabeth Tilley. 

P'rancis Cooke. 
John Cooke. 
Thomas Rogers. 
Joseph Rogers. 
Thomas Tinker. 

His wife. 

His son. 

John Rigdale. 

Alice Rigdale, his wife. 

James Chilton. 

His wife. 

Mary Chilton. 

John CrackstoM. 

John Crackston, Jr. 



Samuel Euller. 
Myles Standisli. 
Rose Standisli, lii^, wife. 

Christopher Martin. 
His wife. 

Solomon Power. 

John Langeniore. 

William Mullins. 

His wife. 

Joseph Mullins. 

Robert Carter. 

Priscilla Mullins. 

William White. 

.Susanna White, his wife. 

Resolved White. 

William Holbeck. 

Edward Thompson. 

Stephen Hoiikin-;. 

Elizabeth Hopkins, his wife 

< Ules Hopkins. 

Constance Hopkins. 

Damaris Hopkins. 

Oceanus Hopkins. 

Edward Doty. 

Edward Leister. 

Edward Fuller. 

His wife. 
.Samuel Fuller. 

John Turner. 

His son. 
.\nother son. 
Francis Eaton. 
Sarah Eaton, his wife. 
Samuel Eaton. 
Moses Fletcher. 
Thomas Williams. 
Digory Priest. 
John Goodman. 
Edmund Margeson. 
Richard Britteridge. 
Richard Clarke. 
Richard ( lardiner. 
Cilbert Winslow. 
Peter Browne. 
John Alden. 
Thomas English. 
John .\llerton. 
William Tre\ore. 
Ely. 



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1. Plymouth Rock. 

2. The Canopy over the Rock. 

3. The " MayHower " in Plymouth Harbor, from 
painting by W. F. Hallsall, Pilgrim Mall. 

4. The Canopy and Cole's Hill ; iirst Inuial j^lace 
of the Pilgrims. 

5. The Harbor, as seen from Cole's Hill. 

6. Leyden Street, first street laid out in New 
iMigland. 

7. Site of the Common House, Leyden Street, 
first house erected by the Pilgrims. 

8. Leyden Street in 1622, showing first or Com- 
mon House, Gov. Bradford's House, and the buildings 
assigned to Brown, Goodman, Brewster, Billington, 
Allerton, Cooke and Winslow. 

9. Town Square, showing site of First Church, 
Town House, formerly the Old Colonial Court House, 



A. S. BURBANK, Pilgrim Book Store, Plymouth, Mass. 
81 



built in 1749, and Odd Fellows' Block, occupying 
the site of Gov. Bradford's House. 

10. Old Burial Hill, from the Town Square en- 
trance. 

11. Site of the Watch Tower, Burial Hill, erected 
in 1643. View also shows the lot of Rev. Adoniram 
Judson, the celebrated missionary to Ijurmah. 

12. Site of the Old Fort, ]>urial Hill, built in 
162 I as a defense against the Indians, and also used 
as a place of worship. 

13. The Old Fort and 1^'irst Meeting-House, Burial 
Hill. 

14. Gov. Bradford's Monument, Burial Hill, show- 
ing also the graves of his family. 

15. Grave of Edward Gray, 1681 ; John Howland, 
1672. 

16. Main Street. 

17. Court Street, view north from Shirley Square. 
iS. Court Street, view south from Pilgrim Hall. 

19. County Court House, where the early records 
of l^lymouth Colony are kept. 

20. County Prison, Kussell Street. 

21. Pilgrim Hall. 

22. Interior of Pilgrim Hall, showing Charles 
Lucy's famous painting of the Departure from 1 )elft 
Haven ; also, smaller pictures and relics. 

23. Interior of Pilgrim Hall, showing Sargent's 
painting of the Landing, and Weir's Lmbarkation ; 
also, relics and portraits. 

24. Landing of the Pilgrims, painting by Sargent. 

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25. The Departure from Delft Haven, painting by 
Charles Lucy. 

26. Embarkation of the Pilgrims, painting by 
Weir. 

27. Gov. Carver's Chair; Ancient Spinning- Wheel. 

28. Elder Brewster's Chair; Cradle of Peregrine 
White, the first Pilgrim baby. 

29. Sword of Myles Standish ; Iron Pot and 
Pewter Platter, brought by Standish in the "May- 
flower ; " Table owned by Gov. Edward Winslow. 

30. Samoset House, side view. 

31. Samoset House, front view. 

32. Cushman Street. 

^T,. National Monument to the Forefathers. 

80. Statue of Freedom, National Monument. 

81. Statue of Law, National Monument. 

82. Statue of Education, National Monument. 

83. Statue of Morality, National Monument. 

86. Treaty with Massasoit, alto-relief on National 
Monument. 

87. Landing of the Pilgrims, alto-relief on Na- 
tional Monument. 

34. Old Colony Park. 

36. Clark's Island, where the Pilgrims spent their 
first Sabbath in Plymouth. 

37. Pulpit Rock, Clark's Island, from which the 
first sermon was preached. 

38. The Gurnet, headland at entrance of Harbor. 

39. Plymouth Beach, — view along the outside. 

40. The Pavilion, Plymouth Beach. 

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42. View along the Docks. 

43. Along' Shore from Atwood's Wharf. 

44. North Street. 

46. Memorial Methodist Church. 

47. Plymouth Cordage Works. 

48. Town Brook, into which How the " many deli- 
cate springs " mentioned by the Pilgrims. 

49. Almshouse Pond. 

50. The Town, — bird's-eye view from Cannon 
Hill. 

53. Standish Mills, from Deep Water liridge. 

54. Deep Water Bridge. 

55. Outlet Billington Sea, so called from Francis 
Billington, one of the Pilgrims who discovered it. 

58. Boot Pond, — picturesque view with rocky 
foreground. 

60. Morton Park, entrance. 

61. Little Pond, Morton Park. 

63. Eel River. 

64. Manomet Bluffs. 

65. Rocky Shore, Manomet. 

()G. Manomet House, front view. 
67. Manomet House, side view. 
70. Surf view. 

72. Barker House, Pembroke, 1628, the oldest 
house in New England. 

73. Plymouth in 1622, — a c()ml)i nation picture, 
showing Leyden Street, the Old Fort, Landing from 
the Shallop, Plymouth Rock, and the ship " May- 
flower." 



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74- Gov. Bradford's House In 1621. 

75. Billington Sea and Island. 

76. View near Little Pond, Morton Park. 

77. Brook Road, Morton Park. 

78. The Frost Cake, view from the Bridge, Mor- 
ton Park. 

79. Bill Holmes' Dam, Morton Park. 
84. The Saquish. 

88. Grave of Dr. Francis LeBaron, " The Name- 
less Nobleman," 1704, Burial Hill. 

90. Market Street, view from foot of Spring Hill. 

91. View along the Wharves from Stephen's Point. 

92. Off Beach Point, — Captain's Hill in the dis- 
tance. 

93. Marine View from Beach Point. 

94. Picturesque View from Town Brook. 

95. Oldest House in Plymouth, the Doten House, 
built by William Harlow, 1660. 

96. The Crow House, built by William Crow, 
1664. 

97. The Howland House, built by Jacob Mitchell, 
1666. 

98. William Harlow House, built of timber from 
the Old Burial Hill Fort by William Harlow, 1677. 

99. Homestead of Gen. John Winslow, 1726. 

100. The Town House, formerly the Old Colonial 
Court House, built in 1749. 

1 01. The Winslow House, built in 1754 by Ed- 
ward Winslow. Colonial architecture. 

102. Cole's Blacksmith Shop, 1684. 

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lo;;. Leach House, 1679. 

104. Statue of Myles Standish. 

105. Myles Standish Monument. 

106. Standish House, Duxbury, l)uilt by son of 
Myles Standish, 1666. 

107. Captain's Hill^ Duxbury, the home of Myles 
Standish, showing Standish House and Monument. 

108. Grave of Daniel Webster, Marshtield. 

109. Winslow House, Marshfield, built about 1700. 

1 10. Fireplace and Secret Closet in chamber of 
Winslow House, Marshfield. 

111. Colonial Doorway of Winslow House. Marsh- 
field. 

112. John Alden House, Duxbury, 1653. 

113. Bradford House, Kingston, 1675. 

114. Hotel Pilgrim. 

115. View north from Hotel Pilgrim. 

116. View south from Manter's Point, — Hotel 
Pilgrim, Warren's Cove. 

117. View north from Manter's Point, — mouth 
of Eel River. 

118. The liridge. Eel River. 

123. The Courtship. John Alden and Priscilla. 
From painting by Geo. H. Boughton. 

124. Departure of the "Mayflower." from paint- 
ing by A. W. l^ayes. 

125. Priscilla, from painting l)y (reo. H. Pougliton. 

126. Pilgrim Exiles, from painting by lioughlon. 

127. IMlgrims going to Church, from painting by 
Bougliton. 

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128. Two Farewells, from punting by Boughton. 

129. Return of the "MayHower," painting by 
Boughton. 

130. Portrait of Edw. Winslow, Governor of Plym- 
outh Colony ; one of the " Maytiower " company. The 
only authentic portrait of a "Mayflower" Pilgrim. 

132, Portrait of Penelope, wife of Gov. Josiah 
Winslow. She came to New England in 1635. 

133. Portrait of Gen. John Winslow, second in com- 
mand of the expedition against the Acadians in 1755. 




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Pilgrim Literature. 



A History of Plymouth, 

by Wm. T. Davis. 'I'Iil- liest history of the Town of Plym- 
outh, from the l-aiuling of the I'ilj^rinis down to the present 
time. A concise yet comprehensive skett:li of tlie I'ilnrim 
movement, its origin, its growth, its develo])ment ami of the 
settlement at Plymouth, to which it finally led. Illustrated 
with diagrams and Plymouth views. Price by mail, $2.50. 

The Pilgrim Republic, 

by Ji;>llN A. Gcx^DWiN, a very complete history, in popular 
form, of the Pilgrims in their I'^nglish homes, their l)utch 
halting-place, and their development of Plymouth into a jjer- 
manent community. ]>y mail, $4.00. 

Ancient Landtnarks of Plymouth, 

l)y Wm. T. D.vvis, former President of the Pilgrim Society, 
an Historical Sketch and Titles of Estates; Genealogical 
Register of IMymouth Families. Py mail, $4.00. 

The Story of the Pilgrims, 

by MokniN 1 )i.xii:k. Illustrated with views in .\usterlield, 
I.eyden and PlyuKuUh. I'.y mail, $1.25. 

Standish of Standish, 

by Iwic ('.. .\is:iN. A story rif the Pilgrims. l)ee]-)ly in- 
teresting. I listorically accurate. 1 (nno, cloth, 422 pages. l!y 
mail, ^1.25. li(ilitla\' edition, 2 vols., ilhrstrated, S5.00. 

Betty Alden, 

bv I ANi'. (i. Austin'. The story of the first-born tlaughter of 
the I'ilgrims. i6nio, iloih, 3X4 ])ages. I'.y mail. Si. 25. 



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A Nameless Nobleman, 

by Jane G. Austin. A story of the Old Colony. i6mo, 
cloth, 369 pages. By mail, $1.25. 

Dr. LeBaron and His Daughters, 

by Jane G. Austin. A story of the Old Colony. i6mo, 
cloth, 460 pages. By mail, $1.25. 

David Alden's Daughter, 

and Other Stories of Colonial Times, by Jane G. Austin. 
i6mo, cloth, 316 pages. By mail, $1.25. 

Little Pilgrims at Plymouth, 

by F. A. HuMTHREY. The Pilgrim Story told for Children. 
i6mo, cloth, 331 pages, illustrated. By mail, $1.25. 

Faith White's Letter Book. 

Letters supposed to have been written from Plymouth, 
1620 to 1623. i6mo, cloth, 365 pages. By mail, 51.25. 

Myles Standish, 

Captain of the Pilgrims, by John S. C. Abbott. i6mo, 
cloth, 372 pages. By mail, $1.25. 

Poems of the Pilgrims, 

collected Ijy Z. H. Si'Oonek, with photographic illustrations. 
By mail, $1.00. 

Map of Plymouth. 

A new pocket map of Plymouth, showing the roads, ponds 
and driveways in and about the town ; printed on tough l)ond 
paper, and enclosed in manilla covers. Price by mail, 25 
cents. 



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Illustrated 
Plymouth Books. 



Guide to Historic Plymouth. 

Descriptive of the historic points and localities famous 
in the story of the I'ilgrims. Illustrated with many half-tone 
engravings, and sketches in pen and ink. A beautiful cover 
design in color by Hallowell, of John Alden and I'riscilla. 
Price, by mail, 25 cents. 

Handbook of Old Burial Hill. 

Its history, its famous dead and its quaint epitaphs, by 
Frank II. Perkins. Illustrated with pencil drawings, sketches 
and tracings of the curious old gravestones to be seen in this 
place of sepulture of Pilgrims and descendants. Price, by 
mail, 25 cents. 

Plymouth Rock. 

A souvenir booklet in photogravure. Twenty-four pic- 
tures of Plymouth. Points of historic interest, Mayflower rel- 
ics, paintings in Pilgrim Hall, Streets, Scenery, < )ld Houses. 
Descriptive page. Covers of tinted water-color paper, showing 
a fine view of Plymouth Rock and the Harbor. Price, by 
mail, 25 cents. 

Sketches About Plymouth. 

Etchings by W. II. W. Prknei.i.. Six etchings of pic- 
turesque and historic places about Plymouth, printed on lox 12 
paper, and tastefully enclosed in a white jjortfolio. The set 
mailed for Si. 00. Single plates, 25 cents. 

Glimpses of Pilgrim Plymouth. 

Forty-eight views in photogravure. From photograj)hs 
and paintings, showing the Plymouth of 1620 and the Plym- 
outh of today. These are accompanied with extracts of 
descriptive history, which add to the interest of the pictures. 
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paper, and bound in cloth, with appropriate cover design in 
blaciv and gold, making it a beautiful gift or souvenir. Price 
by mail, each one in a box, $1.75. Reduced size, containing 
34 views, 50 cents. 

Picturesque Places in Old Plymouth. 

A series of views of some of the picturesque places about 
Plymouth woods and ponds, printed on 10x12 plate paper 
by the beautiful phototype process, which produces so soft an 
effect in a picture. Mr. H. C. Dunham, who made the nega- 
tives, being an artist as well as a photographer, is very happy in 
his selection of points from which to make the most pictur- 
esque views, and is especially effective in scenes of this 
nature. Antique portfolios, loose sheets, by mail, $1.50. 

Pilgrim Plymouth. 

Sixteen indotype views of places of Pilgrim interest, 
printed by the Photogravure Company of New York, from 
negatives by Dunham, on plate paper, size 10x12. Descrip- 
tive letter press accompanies the views. Price by mail, bound 
in cloth, gilt edges and cover design, $3.50; full seal binding, 
$7.50; portfolio, loose sheets, #3.50; single plates mailed for 
25 cents. 




Reduced-size Print from "Old Houses in Plymouth" a Portfolio of Pen-and- 
ink Sketches by H. C. Dunham. Price, by mail, $1.00. 



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Souvenirs. 



Ye Sworde of Myles Standish. 

" Spake, in tlie pride of liis lieart, Myles Staiidisli, tlie captain of Plymouth, — 
'This is the swurd of Damascus I fought with in Flanders.''" — Loiig/elhriv. 

A miniature model of the sword of Myles Standish, with 
pin attachment, designed for use as a scarf or hat pin. This 
celeljrated weapon, now in I'ilgrim Hall, dates back to the 
time of the Crusades. The curious Arabic inscription on the 
original is reproduced on this tiny blade. Price by mail, 
sterling silver, Si.oo; o.xydized finish, 50 cents. 

The Pilgrim Fan 

is our latest souvenir. It is a folding fan, made to our order 
in Japan. The designs and coloring by Japanese artists are 
delicate and pleasing. Each fan is embellished with one or 
more artistic pictures of some locality or scene of Pilgrim 
interest. Prices according to amoimt of work, 50 cents, 75 
cents and Si. 00. Carefully packed, and mailed postpaid. 

Plymouth Paper Weights. 

Photographs of historic places and objects of interest in 
Pilgrim Plymouth are mounted under heavy glass, making a 
paper weight at once ornamental and of real worth. Among 
the subjects are: I*lyniouth Rock; The National Monument 
to the Forefathers; IVIyles Standish Monument; Pilgrim llall; 
Ciurnet Pight; The " Mayflower " in Plymouth Harbor; Myles 
Standish House, 1666; Co v. Bradford's House, 1621. Price 
by mail, 35 cents each. 

The Plymouth Calendar. 

A new Pilgrim jiiclure every month. Each monthly page 
of the Plymouth Calendar shows in half-tone a jjretty view in 
the historic old town of Plymouth. Py mail, 25 cents. 



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Celluloid Novelties. 

Pretty little novelties, suitable for presents or card prizes, 
with hand-painted decorations of sprays of Arbutus, Forget- 
me-nots or Pansies, surrounding pictures of The Old Fort 
(1621), Pilgrim Mo)iunieiit, Plyinoiith Kock and the Ship " May- 
flower." Trinket Boxes, Tamborines, Glove Boxes, Handker- 
chief Boxes, 35 cents each. Card Holders, Shaving Papers, 
Photograph Cases, 50 cents each. Handkerchief Boxes and 
Glove Boxes, 75 cents each. Each one packed in box and 
mailed postpaid. 

Souvenir Spoons. 

Among the designs are : Plymouth Rock, the " May- 
flower," Priscilla, Myles Standish, the Landing of the Pil- 
grims, John and Priscilla, the Rock (engraved bowl), the 
Arbutus. Price by mail, Coffee Spoons, $1.25, gold bowl, 
$1.50; Tea Spoons, $1.50; Orange Spoons, $2.25, gold bowl, 
$2.50. Add 10 cents if you want package registered. 

Plymouth Rock Paper "Weights. 

Glass models of the world-famous Rock, with 1620 in 
raised figures on the top, and appropriate words on the base, 
with the lines : — 

" A rock in the wilderness welcomed our sires. 
From bondag:e far over tlie dark, rolling sea ; 
On that holy altar they kindled the fires, 

Jehorah, which glow in our bosom for thee." 

" A paper weight that means something." Made in two 
sizes. Price, postpaid and securely packed, 35 and 50 cents 
each. 

A Sweet Picture 

of the Pilgrim maiden, Priscilla, is given by Mrs. Austin in 
her story of Plymouth, " Standish of Standish." Priscilla was 
an adept in preparing Pilgrim dainties and sweetmeats. 

A Sweet Reminder 

of the days of Priscilla is a little model of Plymouth Rock 
made of the finest Sweet Chocolate, and daintily packed in 
boxes, ready to mail to admirers of Priscilla all over the 
country. Small boxes by mail, 15 cents ; larger boxes, 35 cents 
and 70 cents. 



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Pilgrim China. 

A complete assortment of articles made of fine KnRlish 
China embellished with Plymouth views and scenes from 1 il- 
grim life. 

Microscopic Photographs. 

Carved bone paper cutters and watch charms, in the tips 
of whkhare inserted Microscopic Views of places of Pilgrim 
interest. 25 cents each. 

White Wood Mementoes. 

A large assortment of white wood articles, Trinket Boxes, 
Nankin Kings, Needle Books, Ring Cases, dove Boxes, 
Table s, S amp Boxes, liook Marks, Paper Cutters, Ma ch 
Boxes Tin Trays, etc., embellished with engravums of the 
PHgrim Monument, Plymouth Rock, the Ship "Mayflower 
and Pilgrim Hall. 

Plymouth Rock Charms. 

\ miniature model of the world-famous Rock on which 
the Pilgdl landed Dec.^i, 1620. The figures ■ -o appea 

none side and in the reverse is embedded a smal p.e.e of 
SeLn 1 e Forefathers' Rock, making a unique design fc-r 
the watch chain. They may be had in silver, gold or oxydized 
finish. Price by mail, 25 cents. 

Plymouth in 1621. 

hatched dvehgsnxe ^^^^^^^^_^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^.^^ . 

thTrSicfe ce o '( o ' Bradford, guarded by stockade and can- 
tl XeToln Brook, where the "Mayflower "shallop is anch- 
ored ; and the old meeting-house fort on ^^""^^ "^s " akin^ 

It is printed on heavy plate paper, f"-; , ",^ f ' .™;^ 
a handsome picture for framing and a valuable historic work. 

Sent by mail in tubes on receipt ot M-oo. 

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DONT FAIL TO VISIT THE 

Old 

Curiosity Shop^ 



WINSLOW BREWSTER STANDISH, 

(A lineal descendant of Capt. Myles Standish) 
DEALER IN 

ANCIENT and ANTIQUE FURNITURE, 
PEWTER WARE, CROCKERY and CHINA, 
FIRE SETS, OLD BOOKS, 

and a variety of Ancient Articles. Also a large assortment of 
Views, Guide Books, and other Plymouth Souvenirs. 

Water St., near foot of Leyden, PLYMOUTH, MASS. 




M. F. CAMPBELL, 

1 1 Leyden St., Plymouth, Mass., 

Sole proprietor of the 

First Plymouth Souvenir Spoon, 

THE MAYFLOWER. 

Always in stock : Fine China, Embroidery 
Materials and Fancy Goods. 



AGENT FOR CHOICE ASSORTMENT 

HUYLER'S CANDY. OF CIGARS. 



J. W. COOPER, Pharmacist, 

howland block, 

Plymouth, - - Mass. 



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The first thing to do after arrivhig 
at Plymouth is to secure the best 
service possible to see the places of 
interest and have them properly ex- 
plained. If you will inquire for 

CHANDLER & SON'S 
CARRIAGES, 

which are always at the depot and 
wharf on arrival of trains or boat, 
you will secure good teams and ex- 
perienced drivers and guides. 

A. C. Chandler & Son, 

LIVERY AND 
H ACK STABLE, 

Middle St., Plymouth, Mass. 

Cofunr/af bv tdcphouc. Excnr^um parties a specialty. 

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The Hotel Pilgrim ^ ^ 



Beautiful 
Views. 



Modem 
Improve- 
ments. 



Excellent 
Cuisine. 



is pleasantly located on a high bluff, near 
the head of Plymouth Beach, commanding 
an unsurpassed view of both sea and land. 
The shore is easily accessible for bathing 
and boating. The scenery about the hotel 
is fine for artists with brush or camera, and 
lovers of nature delight in the beautiful 
walks and drives. 

The hotel has extensive grounds, its own 
well-furnished, stables, bowling alleys, billiard 
hall and tennis courts, and on its wide veran- 
das one enjoys the cool breezes from Cape 
Cod Bay. It is furnished with steam heat, 
electric lights, pure water, baths, laundry, tel- 
ephone connection, good service and a fine 
cuisine. Electric cars from railroad station 
to hotel. For particulars address 

H. A. ROBERTS, 

Hotel Pilgrim, Plymouth, Mass. 




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